3 volumes 24 cm

"Limited edition, eleven hundred copies, printed from type."

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Includes bibliographical references and index

V. 1. Parentage ; Early life -- Professional life -- Political troubles with England -- Entrance on public life ; Resolutions against Stamp Act -- Practice in the General Court -- Renewed troubles with England -- Irritating measures of England -- Union of American opposition -- Political forecast -- Continental Congress -- Arming the colony -- Reclamation of the gunpowder ; Second Congress -- Colonel of First Virginia Regiment -- Close of military service -- Progress of the Revolution -- Virginia Convention ; Independence -- Virginia Convention ; Constitution making -- Governor of Virginia : first term -- Governor of Virginia : second term

V. 2. Governor of Virginia : third term -- In the legislature ; Southern campaign -- Cession of the Northwest Territory -- Invasion of Virginia -- Close of the Revolution -- Legislation after the war ; Negotiations for peace -- Legislation -- Treaty of peace ; Legislative triumphs -- Governor of the state : fourth term -- Governor of the state : fifth term -- United States Constitution -- Virginia Convention -- Objections to the Constitution -- Struggle for amendments -- Amendments -- Return to the bar -- In private life -- Courted by political parties -- Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798 -- Closing scenes

V. 3. LIfe, correspondence, and speeches ; Index

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